Milne, A. A.
Winnie the Pooh
The House at Pooh Corner
When We Were Very Young
Now We Are Six

Minarik, Else Holmelund
Little Bear (series)

Parrish, Peggy
Amelia Bedelia (series)

Peterson, John
The Littles (series)

Potter, Beatrix
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (series)

Rey, H. A.
Curious George (series)

Scarry, Richard
Cars and Trucks and Things that Go
Busy, Busy World

Seuss, Dr.
Hop on Pop
Fox in Socks
I am not Going to Get Up Today

Stevenson, Robert Louis
A Child’s Garden of Verses

Stewart, Sarah
The Library
The Gardener
The Friend

Taylor, Mark
Henry the Explorer

Titus, Eve
Anatole (series)

Van Stockum, Hilda
The Angel’s Alphabet

Willems, Mo
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Elephant and Piggie series

Zion, Gene
Harry the Dirty Dog (series)

BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS

(AGES 7-12)

History (Secular Biography)

Joseph has enjoyed the Landmark series history books. These were popular hardcover children’s books on individual historical figures and episodes, published in the 1950’s. They can be found in used book stores in original hardcover; they are also being reprinted in paperback. Some of Joseph’s favorites are:

Adams, Samuel Hopkins
The Pony Express

Blassingame, Wyatt
The French Foreign Legion

Kuhn, Ferdinand
The Story of the Secret Service

Reeder, Colonel Red
The West Point Story

Reynolds, Quentin
The F. B. I.

Religious Biography (Saints)

We have enjoyed the Vision series published by Ignatius Press, and the Mary Fabyan Windeatt series published by TAN. Although they are now out of print, Joseph especially liked the Daughters of St. Paul’s Encounter Books. Some favorites are:

Gardiner, Harold C.
Edmund Campion: Hero of God’s Underground

Daughters of St. Paul
Ahead of the Crowd: The Story of Dominic Savio

Daughters of St. Paul
God’s Secret Agent: The Life of Michael Augustine Pro, S.J.

General Non-fiction

Bendick, Jeanne
Archimedes and the Door of Science
Galen and the Gateway to Medicine

Land of our Lady history series
Founders of Freedom (Vol. I)
Bearers of Freedom (Vol. II)

Nevins, Fr. Albert J.
Our American Catholic Heritage

Peet, Bill
An Autobiography

Schick, I. T. (ed.)
Battledress, The Uniforms of the World’s Great Armie

Wiker, Benjamin D.
The Mystery of the Periodic Table

Fiction for Young Readers

Alcott, Louisa May
Little Women
Little Men
Jack and Jill

Appleton, Victor
Tom Swift (series)

Atwater, Richard & Florence
Mr. Popper’s Penguins

Arthur, Robert
The Three Investigators (series)

Banks, Lynne Reid
I, Houdini
The Indian in the Cupboard

Barrie, J. M.
Peter Pan

Baum, L. Frank
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (series)

Bianco, Margery
Forward, Commandos!

Bishop, Claire H.
Twenty and Ten

Blyton, Enid
The Magic, Faraway Tree
The Folk of the Faraway Tree
Famous Five series: Five on a Treasure Island, etc.
Secret Seven series

Chesterton, G. K.
The Innocence of Father Brown (series)
Tales of the Long Bow
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond
Man Alive
The Ball and the Cross
Four Faultless Felons
The Club of Queer Trades
The Man Who Was Thursday
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
The Flying Inn